| Vellore district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Tamil Nadu |
| Nickname: | Fort City |
| Coordinates: | 12.9111°N 79.1361°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vellore |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1996 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Vellore |
| Parts Type: | Talukas |
| Parts: | Vellore, Anaicut, Katpadi, Gudiyatham, Pernambut, K.V Kuppam[1] |
| Leader Title1: | Collector & District Magistrate |
| Leader Name1: | V.R. Subbu laxmi IAS |
| Leader Title2: | Superintendent of Police |
| Leader Name2: | S. Rajesh Kannan IPS |
| Leader Title3: | District Forest Officer |
| Leader Name3: | R. Murugan IFS |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2030.11 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 1614242 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | 35958 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 0416 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-23 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Coastline |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 0km (00miles) |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Largest city |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Vellore |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | M-50.06%/F-49.94% ♂/♀ |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | 79.65% |
| Blank5 Name Sec1: | Legislature type |
| Blank5 Info Sec1: | elected |
| Blank6 Name Sec1: | Legislature Strength |
| Blank6 Info Sec1: | 5 |
| Blank7 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank7 Info Sec1: | Vellore |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Precipitation |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 917mm |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 39.5°C |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
| Blank3 Info Sec2: | 15.6°C |
Vellore district (in Tamil ʋeːluːɾ/) is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the eleven districts that form the north region of Tamil Nadu. Vellore city is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,614,242 with a sex ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males. In 2017 Vellore district ranked eleventh in list of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index.[4] [5]
The Government of India recently included Vellore city in its prestigious smart city project, along with 26 other cities.[6]
Men from the Vellore District fought in the British India Army and sacrificed their lives in the World Wars. This is recorded in the clock tower in the long bazaar at Vellore, raised in 1920, where an inscription reads "Vellore – From this Village 277 men went to the Great war 1914–18, of them 14 gave up their lives".[7]
On 30 September 1989 the district was again split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar (present-day Tiruvannamalai) and North Arcot Ambedkar districts. North Arcot Ambedkar District was renamed Vellore District in 1996.[8] [9]
On 15 August 2019, the district was trifurcated into Vellore, Tirupattur and Ranipet districts.
According to 2011 census, Vellore district had a population of 1,614,242 with a sex ratio of 1,007 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.[2] [10] A total of 432,550 were under the age of six, constituting 222,460 males and 210,090 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 21.85% and 1.85% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the district was 70.47%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[10]
The district had 929,281 households. There were 1,689,330 workers, comprising 153,211 cultivators, 254,999 main agricultural labourers, 106,906 in household industries, 845,069 other workers, 329,145 marginal workers, 21,897 marginal cultivators, 136,956 marginal agricultural labourers, 29,509 marginal workers in household industries and 140,783 other marginal workers.[11]
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Vellore is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu and is administered by the Vellore District Collectorate. The present collector of Vellore district V.R.Subbulaxmi IAS.[12]
Gudiyattam Revenue Division
K. V. Kuppam, Gudiyattam, Pernambut
Proposed Taluk: Kaniyambadi
Proposed Municipalities: Pallikonda
Proposed Town Panchayats: Sevur, K. V. Kuppam, Kaniyambadi, Kondasamudram, Vinnampalli
Two National Highways — NH 4 (Mumbai – Chennai) and NH 46 (Krishnagiri – Ranipet) — used to connect parts of the district to other parts of the country before renumbering of national highways in 2010. The former NH 4 and NH 46 is now renumbered as NH 48.
These highways are important connecting roads for vehicles especially travelling to Chennai from Bangalore and Coimbatore. These highways run for 226km (140miles) in the district. Other important roadways present are State Highways of 629km (391miles) and district roads of 1947km (1,210miles).
Railway network in Vellore district comes under the Southern Railways, with Vellore Katpadi Junction, Vellore Cantonment Junction and Gudiyatham forming the major railway junctions. There are many small railway stations for the passenger and local train stops. There is a domestic airport which is not in use; the nearest international/domestic airport is located at Chennai.
See main article: article and Tourism in Vellore. The Vellore Fort is the primary tourist attraction in the district headquarters Vellore. Vellore Fort is the most prominent landmark. During British rule, Tipu Sultan's family and the last king of Sri Lanka, Vikrama Rajasinha, were held as royal prisoners in the fort. It houses a church, a mosque and a Hindu temple, the latter known for its carvings. The first rebellion against British rule erupted at this fort in 1806, and it witnessed the massacre of the Vijayanagara royal family of Emperor Sriranga Raya.[13]
The Golden Temple Vellore of Sripuram (Tamil: ஸ்ரீபுரம்) is a spiritual park situated at the foot of a small range of green hills in a place known as "Malaikodi". The temple is between Vellore-Odugathur state highway and at the southern end of the city of Vellore, at Tirumalaikodi. The temple with gold covering, has intricate work done by artisans specializing in temple art using gold.[14]
Yelagiri is a hill station located in Tirupattur district of the Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur road[15] at an altitude of 1,410.6 metres above mean sea level and spread across 30 km2.
Ambur briyani is very famous in vellore (Made of seeraga samba rice and not with basmati rice).
Makkan Peda is considered to be popular sweet in Vellore.